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Achaia's louLOUthi...

To say that I love Anna Maria Horner's new Loulouthi fabric line would be a complete understatement.   I was so smitten with it when the bolts arrived that I knew something sewn was definately in order!  So.... enter my very new Loulouthi top and voile skirt!   

 

Oh, and I must make an introduction (it's only fair).  See the pretty horse I'm riding--er--sitting on?  That's Meagan.  She's 24 years old and as nice as pie.  Meagan isn't very fond of the camera, so she really deserves a medal for standing it long enough so we could get some pictures with her pretty self in them!  And, of course, being a girl, I can't resist saying how much we (insert girls) love her bridle.  The silver rings and braided leather is so pretty. 
 

Abigail had made a top like this before, but I never had.  I like it so much.  I'm not really sure that I followed the exact instructions on how to make the pleats, but that's alright.  It turned out perfectly great. 
 
  
 

And Abiah gets all the sweet words for letting me borrow her new-to-her-vintage boots.  She's only worn them once, and she let ME wear them!  Isn't she a doll?
 

Oh, and here I am showing off my nice seamstress thumb, now all taped up so the nail doesn't fall off.  Isn't life peachy??!!

Much love~ Achaia xx

how to walk your dogs in style.

 
 
 
 
Our dogs must really love SisBoom, because they've been seen wearing Jennifer's fabrics before.  It's extra great when the dogs happen to match their owner--- Abigail's skirt is Honey Child too!  You can't see them in these pictures, but the skirt also boasts some great pockets. (Which is always a plus!)  She sewed the skirt using a Simplicity pattern, and the "leashes" are really just two wide strips of fabric sewn together on one short end.  Everyone should have this much fun walking! 

A dress, a girl, and her dog.

 

Hurrah for Abigail's new red and white polka dot dress!  (The dog is really cute too.)
 

Aren't those adorable boots??  She found them for $11 at a flea market several weeks back, and had to have them.  We all wish we'd seen them first!  They have just the perfect amount of a "worn" look to them.
 

No, Abigail and Bo didn't play fetch while they were out there.  Bo is a wonderful dog, but he doesn't quite have the fetch concept down.  It's goes something more like this: You throw-- he watches you-- you go pick up the stick-- he walks right beside you.  But we love him anyway!
 
 
The adorable show buttons are so cute too.  And the way Abs trimmed it out is just perfect. 

Our dogs have good taste